Cardiac and Critical Care Ultrasonography

The purpose of this book is to introduce medical trainees and practitioners to the peri-operative use of ultrasound, specifically covering tranesophageal echocardiography and transthoracic echocardiography in detail, as well as introducing elements of critical care ultrasonography including thoracic, abdominal, deep venous, and cerebral ultrasound. Included in the text are over 400 references to previously published works (primarily peer-reviewed literature) and more than 200 images and linked videos.

About the author: Dr. Thiele is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and intensivist who practices at the University of Virginia. In addition to anesthesiology and critical care, he has received board certification in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography and holds a certificate of completion in critical care ultrasonography from the American College of Chest Physician.

(note: this book was originally written as an iBook, because of its support for embedded videos; as Kindle Direct Publishing does not allow self-publishers to embed videos, this version of the book relies on screen shots and external links for all videos; to see videos embedded directly into the book, you will need to see the iBook version, at least until KDP allows self-publishers access to this feature)